We’re assuming the “H.Duval, 93 Rue Thiers, Boulogne/Siene” on the coachbuilder’s plate attached to this 1924 Amilcar C4 currently for sale on Hemmings.com is the same Carrosserie Charles Duval in Boulogne-sur-Seine that made a name for itself building roadster bodies for Amilcars (as well as Derbies, Tractas, Bugattis, and Chenard-Walckers) from 1929 to 1936. That’s the only reference we’ve found to Duval so far. The other plate attached to the Amilcar, which reads “Carrozzeria Belloli Stoppa Ascona,” probably only points to a garage in Ascona, Switzerland, that did some work on the Amilcar at some point in its existence.

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In Serge Bellu’s “Great encyclopedia of French coachbuilders” there isn’t much on Duval.
Apparently, he was specialized in small and medium-sized cars. There are 3 pictures of cars with Duval’s body in it. It is also mentionned that he made a Citroën 15 Torpedo for the Sultan of Morocco in 1934.